China has said since ancient times that "words are like people", and people's personality, psychology, emotion, ability and other aspects can be projected through writing behavior. Nowadays, handwriting analysis is increasingly used in talent selection, mental health, education and justice.
Su Shi once evaluated calligraphy "as true as standing, as walking, as grass as walking" with anthropomorphic descriptions in Six Books of the Tang Dynasty. Regular script is like a person standing, running script is like a person walking and cursive script is like a person running. In On Books, he further compared the composition of calligraphy with the five elements of the human body. He said: "A book must have spirit, qi, bone, flesh and blood. Without one of them, it doesn't have to be a book." Wang Shu, a Qing man, added three things to Su Shi. He said, "Writing is like being a man." . How can you be like a person? "Muscle, bone, blood, flesh, essence, spirit, qi and pulse can all be prepared before being a man." These eight words can be understood as follows: the tendons, bones, blood and flesh of the word reflect the author's basic skills; The essence, spirit, qi and pulse of the text reflect the author's self-cultivation quality. Character is the writing of people's will, interest and pursuit. In the Qing Dynasty, Liu Xizai pointed out in The Outline of Art: "A writer writes a will." He also quoted a sentence that Zhang Xu taught Yan Zhenqing: "If you don't have lofty ideals, can you believe and speak brilliantly?" How can calligraphy be exquisite unless you have lofty aspirations and noble feelings? In fact, good calligraphy is meaningful, from which we can see the author's thoughts and interests, often at a glance. Don Zhang Huai made it very clear in Calligraphy Art: "Fu Hanmo and those who have wonderful articles have deep opinions and can see at a glance." As long as you observe carefully, you can clearly see the author's thoughts and interests from good calligraphy works and articles. Huang Songting firmly praised Lin Bu's poems for their noble aspirations. He said, "Lin Shu shines on people, and he is as strong as a bone, and he is also like a Sri Lankan." Lin Bu's handwriting is clear and vivid, and his pen is strong and powerful, which is very similar to his life style.